"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
06/11/2015 at 15:56 • Filed to: Just VW things
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"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
06/11/2015 at 15:56 • Filed to: Just VW things | 5
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That this
Weighs the same as this
but is powered by the engine out of this
505Turbeaux
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 15:57 |
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been doing it like that for ages too
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HammerheadFistpunch
> 505Turbeaux
06/11/2015 at 15:58 |
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We take horsepower for absolute granted here in the US.
CalzoneGolem
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 15:59 |
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Isn’t that standard practice?
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505Turbeaux
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 15:59 |
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totally. Although even the gen2 EV in the states got the VR6 with all of 140HP
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HammerheadFistpunch
> 505Turbeaux
06/11/2015 at 16:00 |
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My buddies dad had an EV with the 2.5 growing up. did I mention we live in the mountains? yeah.
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505Turbeaux
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 16:02 |
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yeah the 2.5 was weak and blew head gaskets all the time even at sea level!
RallyWrench
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 16:05 |
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And has as much torque as this
;)
TheHondaBro
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 16:05 |
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Eurovans are terrible.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> RallyWrench
06/11/2015 at 16:07 |
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or this, truthfully
The 62 sure weighed a lot less though, even the early FJ80’s weren’t too lardy, about 1000 lbs lighter than the VW. Also, this is more than 20 years later. Amazing
Cé hé sin
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 16:38 |
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Bear in mind that if you’re buying either the Golf or the California in their country of origin they might not have the same engine as the Golf TDi usually manages with a 1.6.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Cé hé sin
06/11/2015 at 16:41 |
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truth, but the engine in the USDM golf tdi is (for all intents and purposes) the 140 ps engine in the california.
duurtlang
> TheHondaBro
06/11/2015 at 16:41 |
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Why are these T5 VW Transporters terrible? I see tons and tons of these on the road, owned by businesses. Contractors, taxi fleets, you name it. If companies keep buying them there must be something decent about them.
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TheHondaBro
> duurtlang
06/11/2015 at 16:43 |
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They’re grossly underpowered, poorly-built, and literally every other van/minivan is better.
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duurtlang
> TheHondaBro
06/11/2015 at 16:46 |
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They offer similar engine options as the competition, and many people seem to prefer them to the competition, year after year. Just looking at the numbers I sincerely doubt they’re worse than other panel vans/taxi vans/campers.
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TheHondaBro
> duurtlang
06/11/2015 at 16:48 |
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Eurovans come with small 5-cylinder units, while an Odyssey comes with a 3.5 V6. We owned a Eurovan before getting an Odyssey, and my dad recalls feeling surprised by how much more powerful the Odyssey felt than the Eurovan.
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duurtlang
> TheHondaBro
06/11/2015 at 16:53 |
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The Odyssey is a minivan though, not a panel van/camper. Anyway, judging by the many late model VW Transporters I see blazing past on the left lane of the highway I’d say they’re adequately fast. Unlike their 1980s brethren, those really were severely underpowered with their 55 hp or so base 1.6 NA diesels.
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duurtlang
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 17:02 |
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You can get them with a 200 hp TSI or a 180 hp TDI (with optional 4motion) as well though, both of them very torquey engines. More than adequate for such a vehicle I’d argue. It’s a camper van, not something for stop light sprints.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> duurtlang
06/11/2015 at 17:04 |
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On the UK site I only saw 140ps and 180ps
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duurtlang
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/11/2015 at 17:53 |
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I saw a whole variety of engines in the California PDF I found on the VW site. 62, 75, 84, 103, 132 kW TDI engines and 110 and 150 kW TSI engines seem to be available. 1 kW = 1.34 hp.
I used the Dutch VW site as the German one kept redirecting me to their shitty mobile site.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> duurtlang
06/11/2015 at 18:00 |
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wow, 62 kw...I can’t even.
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Cé hé sin
> TheHondaBro
06/11/2015 at 18:20 |
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Would you be surprised to learn that if I went to my local VW dealer a Transporter would come with a four cylinder engine without the option of anything else due to the lack of demand for anything bigger?